{ "id": "astro-ph/0107271", "version": "v1", "published": "2001-07-16T11:13:38.000Z", "updated": "2001-07-16T11:13:38.000Z", "title": "A possible use for polarizers in imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes", "authors": [ "I. de la Calle", "J. L. Contreras", "J. Cortina", "V. Fonseca" ], "comment": "30 pages, 13 figures. Accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics", "journal": "Astropart.Phys. 17 (2002) 133-149", "doi": "10.1016/S0927-6505(01)00144-X", "categories": [ "astro-ph" ], "abstract": "Cherenkov radiation produced in Extensive Air Showers shows a net polarization. This article discusses its properties and physical origin, and proposes an arrangement of polarizers potentially useful for Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2001-07-16T11:13:38.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "imaging atmospheric cherenkov telescopes", "polarizers", "extensive air showers", "net polarization", "article discusses" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 30, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 560075 } } }